that's elizabeth warren versus senator scott brown. he's the republican incumbent. brown, of course, elected in 2010 to senator kennedy's former seat. he was a conservative darling, emerged as a moderate republican in that campaign. warren is a key player in creating the consumer financial protection bureau. and there's been controversy over her claimed heritage as a native american in some academic job applications over her career. that one is tied very, very close right now, real clear politics average, about 1.7% advantage for elizabeth warren. now look at memoissouri, going be closely fought again. this is senator claire mccaskill. the clear politics in this one is about 2.3% for mccaskill. these the first worm elected to the senate in missouri. there was a woman appointed before her. but the first woman elected, and she's running against todd akin and obviously as you say, joe, there was a controversy over the legitimate rape comments he made earlier in the summer. the republican establishment walked away from akin, refusing to fund him but this race is tight.